61 episodes

The National Association for the Visual Arts (NAVA) is the national peak body protecting and promoting the professional interests of the Australian visual and media arts, craft and design sector.

NAVA: in conversation National Association for the Visual Arts (NAVA)

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    • 4.7 • 20 Ratings

The National Association for the Visual Arts (NAVA) is the national peak body protecting and promoting the professional interests of the Australian visual and media arts, craft and design sector.

    Breaking the pattern of policy neglect for the arts

    Breaking the pattern of policy neglect for the arts

    98% of us engage with the arts and 45% of us create art, yet the majority of Australian visual artists and arts workers remain deeply concerned by income security, cuts to arts education, program cancellations and reduced sales due to the ongoing impacts of the pandemic. All Australians would benefit immensely from ambitious visual arts and culture experiences made possible through strategic policy and funding investment.

    In the electorate of Moreton, Queensland, POPSART's Bec Mac facilitates a conversation with artist Gordon Hookey (Waanyi), Pat Hoffie AM artist and Professor Emeritus, Queensland College of Art, Griffith University, Penelope Benton, Executive Director National Association for the Visual Arts, Paul Osuch Founder and CEO of Anywhere Festival and Carmel Haugh, Program Director Chrysalis Projects about NAVA's call for federal election candidates to take bold action for arts and culture by committing to a whole-of-government National Cultural Plan to effectively invest for impact in the medium and long-term needs of the arts sector.

    We also hear from Claire Garton candidate for the Greens, Chelsea Follett from the UAP and Graham Perrett candidate for Labor.

    Presented in partnership with Fund the Arts and The Paint Factory.

    Wednesday 11 May 2022
    The Paint Factory, Yeronga Qld

    • 1 hr 14 min
    Episode 58: Sophia Cai

    Episode 58: Sophia Cai

    Sophia Cai is a curator and arts writer based in Melbourne, Australia. In this podcast, NAVA's Leya Reid talks to Sophia Cai about community-based practice, cultural safety, creative nourishment, and the importance of joy in our work.

    • 31 min
    Episode 57: Arts Day on the Hill Debrief

    Episode 57: Arts Day on the Hill Debrief

    Arts Day on the Hill is Australia’s annual focus on building sector capacity for sustained government engagement and lasting policy reform. This year’s Arts Day on the Hill took place on Wednesday 12 August 2020. In this podcast, NAVA’s Esther Anatolitis is joined by artists Nadia Odlum and Sha Sarwari in reviewing our experiences and next steps, with Nicholas Pickard, former policy adviser, joining half-way to offer a national political perspective on the debrief.

    • 41 min
    Episode 56: Rohin Kickett

    Episode 56: Rohin Kickett

    Rohin Kickett is a NAVA Board Member and Nyoongar artist from the Balardong region Western Australia. In this podcast, NAVA’s Esther Anatolitis talks to Rohin Kickett about his personal leadership journey, community development models for Art Centres and key issues around Indigenous art production.

    • 26 min
    Episode 55: Santilla Chingaipe

    Episode 55: Santilla Chingaipe

    Santilla Chingaipe is a journalist, filmmaker and author whose work explores migration, cultural identities and politics. In this podcast, NAVA's Tanushri Saha talks to Chingaipe about interrogating whiteness and centring blackness in the arts.

    • 41 min
    Episode 54: Artsworkers Union x Australian Arts Workers Alliance

    Episode 54: Artsworkers Union x Australian Arts Workers Alliance

    This episode bridges the cross-generational experiences of Helen Grace, on behalf of the historical Artsworkers Union, and Dylan Batty, a co-founder of the Australian Arts Workers Alliance. NAVA’s Professional Practice Coordinator, Justine Youssef, speaks with the pair about the cyclical issues and widespread instability facing arts workers, the amount of free labour still subsidised by artists, how unfairness and illegality can be challenged, and the rights that the Artsworkers Union were able to fight for and achieve.

    • 1 hr 2 min

Customer Reviews

4.7 out of 5
20 Ratings

20 Ratings

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NAVA ROCKS

The only podcasts I listen to!

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Terrible audio

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Engaging and relevant - art for your ears!

Well-thought and produced! Particularly insightful for art and design practitioners

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